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Finally going to have some fettling time today so going to sort the petcock and carbs.Running on the rich side so need to raise the needle clip either 1 or 2 notches. How long do I need to run the bike for before looking at plug colour again to see if I need to move needle position again? And do I need to clean up the plugs if they’re already a bit blackened from rich running or does this get burnt off?
Seats fitted and took the bike out for a spin. Have also had a fiddle with and synced the carbsI think it looks great and is just what I wanted. Bikes running alright still a little stumble at 3.5k but I’ve got another needle clip position to try in the future. The front sprocket oil seal is now doing its job since tapping it into place but will keep an eye on it, just getting some drips from one of thof oil hoses which I’ll look at getting repaired when I change the oil.Since replacing the washers on the fuel tap with dowty style ones as recommended by Bryan I’m not getting any more leakage through the petcock, I am however still getting overflowing carb bowls when the fuel tap is left on, just dribbles out. Have tested the brass overflow pipes for cracks and they’re all good, have swapped the replacement float valves with oem ones but still no joy. Pushing the floats up by hand stops the flow of fuel when the bowls are off
Got them back on the bike and synced with a carbtune pro which was pretty easy but then noticed I had a significant leak around the front sprocket cover. Whipped the sprocket off and seen thisThe drive seal wasn’t sitting flat as it should and was leaking at the bottom where it protruded out slightly. Unsure whether it wasn’t lined up correctly when I closed the cases or not but it’s not leaked for the first 50 miles until now. I even put a smear of hondabond on it as recommended in hondamans book so perhaps this held back the oil until now.Rightly or wrongly I carefully tapped it back in flush and it doesn’t seem to leak any more. Am unable to ride as the seats with the upholsterer but fingers crossed it’s fine